Urban renewal on the historical downtown of Bogotá D.C. (Colombia). From the Santa Bárbara neighborhood to the Bronx, a displacement and gentrification legacy

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https://doi.org/10.7147/GEO24.17954

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This paper is derived from a research project seeking to analyze the state of the art on urban gentrification in Colombia. A systematic literature review around displacement was carried out accompanied by a reference framework on gentrification, differential rent -rent gap– and real estate “mobbing”, which lead to a reinterpretation of such research works to conclude from these the use of a mechanism for displacement. Specifically, this study focuses on the experiences in neighborhoods in Bogota’s downtown; from the urban renewal in Santa Barbara (1980) qualified as immoral, to the interventions in Santa Inés -El Cartucho- (1998) and in Voto Nacional - El Bronx- (2016), whereupon, it was revealed a human instrumentation in the deployment of real estate “mobbing”, towards disguising displacement, devaluating properties, speculating with land and, in the meantime, encouraging gentrification.

Keywords: Gentrification, rent gap, real estate mobbing.

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  • Guillermo Villegas
    Economista y Magister en Economía Aplicada de la Universidad el Valle, perteneciente al grupo de investigación Colectivo Estudios de Familia en Manizales. Profesor titular(r) de la Universidad de Caldas.
  • Juan Guillermo Villegas, Profesional Independiente
    Arquitecto y Master en Arquitectura bioecológica y tecnologías sostenibles para el ambiente de la Universitá degli studi di Roma “La Sapienza”. Investigador y diseñador independiente en Medellín.

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15-12-2017

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No. 24 (2017): Geografares (Julho - Dezembro)

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Urban renewal on the historical downtown of Bogotá D.C. (Colombia). From the Santa Bárbara neighborhood to the Bronx, a displacement and gentrification legacy. Geografares, Vitória, Brasil, n. 24, p. 97–117, 2017. DOI: 10.7147/GEO24.17954. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufes.br/geografares/article/view/17954. Acesso em: 28 dec. 2025.